AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

WBAG:AVBC Stock Report

Market Cap: €25.9b

AvalonBay Communities Valuation

Is AVBC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AVBC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AVBC (€182.38) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€281.99)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AVBC is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AVBC?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

AVBC key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue12.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA20.5x
PEG Ratio-17.1x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AVBC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AVBC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average29.1x
EQR Equity Residential
27.6x-8.4%US$26.1b
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities
28.6x-1.4%US$16.3b
ESS Essex Property Trust
31.9x-7.0%US$17.3b
UDR UDR
28.5x-36.4%US$14.1b
AVBC AvalonBay Communities
29.3x-1.7%€28.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AVBC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.3x) compared to the peer average (29.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AVBC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Residential REITs Industry?

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AVBC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.3x) compared to the Global Residential REITs industry average (25.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AVBC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AVBC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio29.3x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate AVBC's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AVBC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€182.38
€187.30
+2.7%
5.1%€213.21€171.50n/a20
May ’25€178.10
€187.92
+5.5%
5.2%€214.52€172.55n/a20
Apr ’25€172.08
€181.56
+5.5%
4.2%€196.66€168.04n/a21
Mar ’25€164.14
€180.89
+10.2%
4.3%€196.56€167.95n/a22
Feb ’25€160.94
€181.46
+12.7%
6.0%€214.36€161.00n/a21
Jan ’25€171.46
€175.58
+2.4%
7.0%€210.93€158.43n/a20
Dec ’24€161.90
€178.03
+10.0%
7.4%€214.08€161.71n/a21
Nov ’24€155.82
€186.37
+19.6%
7.4%€220.16€166.30n/a21
Oct ’24€163.58
€192.22
+17.5%
5.7%€220.46€175.99n/a20
Sep ’24€168.88
€188.35
+11.5%
6.1%€222.13€175.12n/a20
Aug ’24€171.66
€184.51
+7.5%
6.8%€219.43€163.89n/a20
Jul ’24€171.94
€180.93
+5.2%
8.1%€221.26€156.08n/a20
Jun ’24€164.10
€179.96
+9.7%
9.0%€225.50€154.39n/a23
May ’24€159.60
€176.12
+10.3%
12.5%€257.04€150.40€178.1023
Apr ’24€153.42
€177.08
+15.4%
12.9%€259.98€145.66€172.0824
Mar ’24€156.42
€181.87
+16.3%
12.7%€264.49€150.06€164.1424
Feb ’24€161.50
€174.00
+7.7%
13.8%€258.96€146.93€160.9423
Jan ’24€151.68
€184.62
+21.7%
13.4%€266.04€150.94€171.4623
Dec ’23€166.40
€194.38
+16.8%
14.8%€270.66€153.57€161.9023
Nov ’23€178.26
€223.37
+25.3%
11.1%€285.92€177.43€155.8223
Oct ’23€187.68
€241.72
+28.8%
8.5%€304.35€204.29€163.5823
Sep ’23€200.85
€232.53
+15.8%
8.5%€292.67€196.45€168.8822
Aug ’23€204.65
€219.60
+7.3%
8.1%€261.30€169.65€171.6622
Jul ’23€183.76
€224.18
+22.0%
9.9%€270.47€166.88€171.9423
Jun ’23€191.26
€235.73
+23.3%
7.7%€266.87€200.39€164.1023
May ’23€221.25
€252.56
+14.2%
4.3%€271.26€222.72€159.6023

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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